Code of Alabama - Title 10A: Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code - Section 10A-2A-1.49 - Notice requirements

Section 10A-2A-1.49 - Notice requirements.

(a) Unless stockholder approval is required under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), prompt notice of an action taken under Section 10A-2A-1.47 shall be given to each holder of valid and putative stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of (i) the date of such action by the board of directors, and (ii) the date of the defective corporate action ratified, provided that notice shall not be required to be given to holders of valid and putative stock whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation.

(b) The notice must contain (i) either a copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) or (b) or the information required by Section 10A-2A-1.47(a)(1) through (a)(4) or Section 10A-2A-1.47(b)(1) through (b)(3), as applicable, and (ii) a statement that any claim that the ratification of the defective corporate action and any putative stock issued as a result of such defective corporate action should not be effective, or should be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within 120 days from the applicable validation effective time.

(c) No notice under this section is required with respect to any action required to be submitted to stockholders for approval under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c) if notice is given in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.48(b).

(d) A notice required by this section may be given in any manner permitted by Section 10A-2A-1.41 and, for any corporation subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, may be given by means of a filing or furnishing of such notice with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

(Act 2019-94, §1.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021